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The last member of the (expansion) Washington Senators to hit a grand slam. He played for both versions of the team, as did Camilo Pascual, the last member of the original Senators to hit a grand slam.

When I was a kid, I used to play All-Star Baseball (the Etahn Allen spinner game) with a neighborhood friend. He had a cousin named Don Minch - so naturally the captain of his team was Don Mincher, except that he blacked out the "er" at the end of his name on the disk. I honestly don't remember how Minch(er) did overall, but my recollection is that he had more than his share of clutch hits in our games.

Don was the first player I interviewed for Baseball's Last Dynasty. A really nice guy and a smart man who ran the Hunstsville franchise before becoming president of the Southern League.

His last hit was a big one, a pinch-hit single that helped the A's win one of the games, I believe it was Game Four, in the 1972 World Series. I was surprised that he didn't find work in '73, what with the DH coming in, but a clutch pinch-hit in the Series is a good way to go out.

I walked into the Stars' office before a game once and spoke to him and got him to autograph my hat. Didn't see any mementos of his MLB days, I imagine he was all about the present team and league. He saw one of his players had already signed it and said "that one's a keeper". The player was Eric Chavez. A few other players without fame and manager Jeffrey Leonard signed it after the game.